*Enforcement of the Act is mandatory for women to perform their duties peacefully; Dr. Nagalakshmi Chaudhary*

*Enforcement of the Act is mandatory for women to perform their duties peacefully; Dr. Nagalakshmi Chaudhary*

Karnataka State Women’s Commission Chairperson Dr. Nagalakshmi Chaudhary said that the ‘Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act 2013’ should be implemented in all government and private institutions so that women can perform their duties peacefully at the workplace.

She was speaking while inaugurating a training program on the ‘Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act 2013’ organized by the Karnataka State Women’s Commission, Bangalore, District Administration, Zilla Panchayat, Police Department and Women and Child Development Department at Ambedkar Bhavan in the city on Tuesday.

Women employees and unorganized women workers in an office with less than 10 employees will come under the local complaints committee at the district administration office, where they can file complaints. The local committee chairpersons should create awareness about this committee throughout the district.
Knowledge is life, ignorance is death. Women should gain knowledge. Education has great power, and they should get good education and come forward in all fields. The reason why women are living in this society with courage and respect is because of Ambedkar’s constitution.
The committees have been formed in the background of the Supreme Court’s directive to form an internal complaints committee so that girls should be healthy and work peacefully. If there are any problems in the office, a complaint should be made to the internal complaints committee.
There is a women’s helpline number 181 to listen to and respond to any problems of girls and this should be used. All kinds of help are available at the ‘Sakhi’ center for victims of sexual violence.
Women should know about all the facilities provided by the government and use them. The government has declared one day of menstrual leave in a month for all women employees. He said that superiors should not cause any kind of problem in granting this leave.
Sundar Rajan, who participated as a resource person, gave information about the internal complaints committee.

The program was attended by Karnataka State Women’s Commission Secretary Roop, District Legal Services Authority Member Secretary M.S. Santosh, District Magistrate Deputy Secretaries Sujatha and Annapoornamma, Women and Child Development Department Deputy Director Bharathi Bankar, Women and Child Development Officer Shashirekha, Local Complaints Committee Chairperson Rekha, and other officers and employees.